One of those companies, Evansville, Ind.-based Professional Transportation, Inc. (PTI), has lobbied
lawmakers to have its workers exempted from the Fair Labor Standards Act,
the 1938 federal law that guarantees basic labor rights. Ronald Romain, the
president of PTI's parent company, and his wife, Connie Romain, donated more
than $55,000 to GOP election efforts last year, including a combined $10,000 to
Evansville-based Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.), according to campaign contribution
records from the Center for Responsive Politics.